It seemed too good to be true.
A Russian Mom spearheaded a plan to get Ukrainian children on the front lines out of danger and into ‘camps’ where they promised they would be well taken care of.
Now it turns out that the camps are basically ‘re-education’ camps — and parents are having trouble getting their children back.
CNN investigates the stories behind a new report from Yale University that describes Ukrainian parents fighting to get their children out of these Russian camps.
Russia’s embassy in Washington on Wednesday dismissed as “absurd” US accusations that Ukrainian children were moved by force.
“We took notice of the absurd statements of State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, who had accused our country of ‘forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children’ to the territory of the Russian Federation,” the embassy said in a statement on Telegram.
“Russia accepted children who had been forced to flee with their families from the shelling and atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We do our best to keep minors in families, and in case of absence or death of parents and relatives – to transfer orphans under guardianship. We ensure the protection of their lives and well-being.”
Why would anyone believe anything the Russians say now?